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Arava Institute Joins Forces With American Arabs

The Arava Institue works with Palestinians and Israelis to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges As one the most conflict-ridden regions in the world, the...

With Peak Oil Looming, Gulf States Consider Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Huge oil subsidies in the Middle Eastern oil-producing nations mean that residents pay very little for oil. One big problem in getting everyone to reduce...

Since History Can’t Be Bought, The UAE Will Pass A Law To Protect It

The Al Fahidi Fort is just one historical building in the UAE that would be placed under federal protection if a new architectural law...

What Urban Rooftop Gardening Could Do For The Middle East

With so many flat roofs across the Middle East, surely the region is ripe for a bit of rooftop gardening? Recent reports that people in...

Severe Winter Storm Proves Caesarea Predictions True

The cruel sea, with 10 meter high waves took its toll on the ancient port of Caesarea this weekend. Sunday's severe winter storm that raged...

Green Tidings from The American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo's new campus was designed for efficient energy and water usage. Most observers would not think of Egypt as an environmental...

Cancun Ends On Slightly Better Note Than Copenhagen

Cancun ends. Qatar's happy, so is Saudi Arabia. But Bolivia's not. Not every country whose representatives attended the climate talks in Mexico are pleased...

New Apple Headquarters To Be Modeled After Masdar City

What happens when Norman Foster and Steve Jobs get together? The City of Apple, of course. Recently my macbook perished on the coast of Kenya....

Hunky Surfer Calendar Raises Money and Awareness for EcoOcean and Surfing4Peace

New 2011 calendar proves that water conservation can be hunky. One young Swede who recently immigrated to Israel, and was perhaps unaccustomed to the beautiful...

Is Abu Dhabi Deserving of Best City In Middle East – Med Region?

Beating out Marrakech, Doha and Amman, luxurious "rich man's playgrounds" like Al Reem Island cast a shadow on Abu Dhabi's Best City designation Like its neighboring...

Third Green Awards Shows Qatar’s Expanding Sustainability Ethos

The third annual Green Awards were distributed last week at the Four Seasons hotel in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Today and its partners handed out the...

New Pedestrian Projects in the Center of Tehran

Two more streets in center of Tehran will be changed to pedestrian streets. These two are Bab-Homayoon and Naser-Khosro streets in highly busy center...

Another “Smog Holiday” in Tehran

Yay, I used to say as a kid when we'd get snowed in for school. A surprise overnight "dump" could paralyze our small town...

Indigenous Knowledge and Ancient Farmers at Avdat

Ancient farmers used indigenous knowledge to sustain communities at Avdat in the central Negev as many as seven thousand years ago.  That wisom may hold the...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

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